The Fifth SeasonSuite en BlancHummingbird

APRIL 29-MAY 10, 2014

Program 7: Triple-Bill

Total running time: 2 hours 25 minutes, two intermissions

As “the most forward-looking American ballet company on the continent”
(Contra Costa Times), SF Ballet is delighted to present the world premiere of Hummingbird
by Liam Scarlett, who, at only 26, was recently appointed artist-in-residence at The
Royal Ballet. Scarlett’s highly inventive works, which have stunned audiences
and critics, are currently in the repertories of The Royal Ballet and Miami City Ballet.
The program also includes the return of Helgi Tomasson’s masterful The
Fifth Season and Serge Lifar’s elegant Suite en Blanc,
a brilliant showcase of French neoclassicism featuring “a parade of stunning
individual and Hollywood-big corps performances” (San Jose Mercury News).

Performance Dates

Have you ever wondered how the choreography, style, and nuance
of a ballet was passed down from generation to generation before film and video? In
our latest installment of Instant Expert, learn about Suite en Blanc and
the role of the répétiteur in ballet history.

The 2006 world premiere of The Fifth Season was made possible
in part by The Herbert Family and the Phyllis C. Wattis Fund of the San Francisco
Ballet Endowment Foundation.